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Urban Ag home | Table of contents Managing the human part of a farm is likely to be the most complex part of a farmer’s work, and is likely to require skills outside the prior experience of many farmers. Plan how to minimize physical health and safety risks, including equipment-related injuries,...

Health insurance

Urban Ag home | Table of contents Finding and paying for health insurance and health care is an enormous challenge for entrepreneurs. Many farmers say that getting health insurance coverage for their family is the primary motivation for someone in the family working off-farm. A national survey of...

Keep Track of Your Important Health Insurance and Health Care Papers

You can save hours of frustration if you have a plan for organizing and keeping your health insurance plan and family health care papers. The purpose of this fact sheet is to help you understand the importance of organizing and keeping health care papers handy and easy to locate when you need them.

Medical Credit: Safety Net or Debt Trap?

Paying for health care can be a struggle, even if you have insurance. Many doctors and dentists now offer a special medical credit card to pay for services. However, medical credit card interest and fees can be very expensive. They add extra costs to medical care when money is already tight.

Commercial Poultry (Vietnamese) - October 2014

Hoạt động Chăn nuôi Động vật Maryland (AFOs) Phải hành động để Tiếp tục Đăng ký Giấy phép Thải hồi Chung của họ Sở KH & ĐT Tìm kiếm Triển khai Chương trình Thông điệp...More info
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Commercial Poultry (Korean) - October 2014

메릴랜드 가축 사육 시설 (AFO), 의무적으로 일반 배출 허가권 등록 갱신 신청 DPI 가 발전기 공급 프로그램 시행 추진 메릴랜드 납세자들, 대체 거름 사용 프로젝트에 총력을 다하다 건강 보험이 필요하십니까? 지역 안내자에게 도움 받으세요! 공기 중 가금류 사육장 배기 가스 관리와 연관된 프로젝트 평가 사례 식용 VEB?More info
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Commercial Poultry - October 2014

Maryland Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs) Must Take Action to Continue Their General Discharge Permit Registration; DPI Seeks to Launch Generator Dispatch Program; Maryland Taxpayers Help Jump Start Alternative Manure Use Project; Need Health Insurance? Local...More info
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Health Literacy Infogram

The American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences created this great infographic about health insurance! See here .
Maryland Study Finds Need to Improve Health Insurance Literacy as ACA Expands
Sep 22, 2013
The ASPPH (Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health) featured Dr. Bonnie Braun in their Friday Letter! The article discusses a recent publication by " Dr. Jinhee Kim, associate professor...

eXtension Experts Offering Education on Health Care Act Provisions

Cooperative Extension across the nation is mobilizing to educate consumers about health insurance. This article describes some of the actions underway. It features two members of the University of Maryland Extension's Smart Choice Health Insurance team--Megan O'Neil, Extension Educator and Bonnie...

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